Switchcraft centre pin hard to solder or it was just me?

[niccon 0]

Have been getting hooked to diy after my last try recently and wishes to do more in future. I used a switchcraft 3.5mm jack the last round. Although its construction & appearance are good, i found the centre pin (left channel?) hard to solder. I wonder it was due to my lack of experience, under rated solder iron (using 30w now) or wrong tactic.

 

I tried melting a small pool of solder on pin but found it hard to stay on it. After solder stays on the pin, I reheat the solder to melt it before bringing in the exposed wire. The reheat took a long while.

 

Also I found great difficult to melt some solder on the exposed wire that I gave up trying after a while. I do it by placing the soldering tip on the wire and solder behind the wire. Did I do it correctly?

 

Please advise for more fun experience in my next attempt.

 

Thanks.

 

[heady 0]

Usually a higher wattage iron will heat parts up faster and so will work better with soldering. An iron with temperature control is best.